Paul Scholes backs Thomas Tuchel appointment with English coaching ‘struggling’
5 months ago

Paul Scholes backs Thomas Tuchel appointment with English coaching ‘struggling’

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I think they have got the best out there that was available Former England midfielder Paul Scholes He said: “You’d prefer it to be an English coach, but is that English coach out there? It’s the right stage for him – he’s done it at big clubs for a number of years.” However, Scholes’ former Manchester United and England team-mate Gary Neville revealed that he would have opted for either Howe or Potter to maintain the pathway the FA put in place during his time as a coach in the international set-up. Neville said: “This is not an anti-Thomas Tuchel agenda, it’s purely around the fact that English coaches are struggling to build an identity, not just in this country but in Europe as well. “I thought we’d say that the England manager has to be English moving forward because English coaching is struggling at this moment in time.” Asked who he would have chosen, Neville replied: “Probably would have been Eddie Howe or Graham Potter.

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